Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.
Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
owing money to the pot; - in cases where an opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand before adding the required bet to the pot.
To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; - said especially of horses.
To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
A side throw; a throw; a fling.